Landscapes, Genomics and Transgenic Conifers

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Williams, Claire.G (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 9
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Landscape ecology.; Forestry.; Forest products.; Plant genetics.; Economic policy.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Wood Science & Technology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; R & D/Technology Policy.

What is the future of genetically modified (or transgenic) conifer plantations? The content of this edited volume Landscapes, Genomics and Transgenic Conifers addresses this question directly - and indirectly - using language drawn from policy, forest history, genomics, metabolism, pollen dispersal...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Pros and cons for Transgenic Conifer Plantations
• Foresters and DNA
• The Question of Commercializing Transgenic Conifers
• It’s Just A Crop: Public Perception and Transgenic Trees
• Genomics Methods, Resources and Alternative Applications
• Genomics Resources for Conifers
• A New Direction for Conifer Genomics
• Using Genomics to Study Evolutionary Origins of See ds
• Metabolic Profiling for Transgenic Forest Tre es
• Viewing Transgenic Conifer Plantations on a Landscape Scale
• Dispersal of Transgenic Conifer Pollen
• Gene Flow in Conifers
• Pines as Invasive Aliens: Outlook on Transgenic Pine Plantations in the Southern Hemisphere
• Economics of Transgenic Technology Adoption
• Economic Prospects and Policy Framework of Forest Biotechnology for the Southern U.S.A. and South America
• Private Forests and Transgenic Forest Trees
• Government Regulations and Biosafety
• Canada’s Regulatory Approach
• Biosafety of Transgenic Trees in the United States.